Wayne State AD Vents About WSU Folding Program
The end of Wayne State hockey is near, and some, including WSU athletics director Rob Fournier, believe more could have been done to prevent the catastrophe. Matt Mackinder reports.
Matt Mackinder
This Week in the CHA: Nov. 15, 2007
College Hockey America is hardly the ugly stepchild of the college hockey community when it comes to moving its players onto professional hockey in North America. In taking a look at current rosters of six minor leagues (American Hockey League, ECHL, Central Hockey League, International Hockey League, Southern Professional Hockey League and the new Mid-Atlantic … Read more
Lakers Squeak By Warriors, 3-2
Lake Superior State and Wayne State came into tonight’s game with just a single win between them. Maybe not the makings for an instant classic, but the Lakers came away with a 3-2 win over the still-winless Warriors. The game was played in front of a decent, pro-Lake Superior State crowd of 380 at the … Read more
This Week in the CHA: Nov. 8, 2007
Tyler Gotto came to Niagara last season as a player head coach Dave Burkholder envisioned could play in all situations and eventually run the defense from an offensive standpoint. The Calgary native made the CHA All-Rookie Team and ranked sixth in defenseman and rookie scoring (16 points) while playing in all but one game. This … Read more
This Week in the CHA: Nov. 1, 2007
When Ryan Cruthers transferred from Army to Robert Morris two years ago, RMU head coach Derek Schooley hoped the talented forward could add to the Colonials’ offense and put up some decent numbers. Are 17 goals decent enough for you? Cruthers popped 17 (including nine on the power play) and added 20 assists last year … Read more
This Week in the CHA: Oct. 25, 2007
It’s long been a topic of discussion in College Hockey America circles. Does the CHA have a future? The league has never had a steady core of teams and since the inception of the league in 1999, Army, Findlay, Air Force and, at the end of this season, Wayne State will all have fled the … Read more
This Week in the CHA: Oct. 18, 2007
Robert Morris endured a 12-hour travel day last Wednesday from Pittsburgh to Anchorage to win two straight games and the Nye Frontier Classic last weekend. And the Colonials upset a nationally-ranked team along the way, too. Yes, again. RMU used three third-period power-play goals to topple then-No. 9 Boston University in its opening game last … Read more
2007-08 Niagara Season Preview
Niagara has won the College Hockey America regular-season championship the past two years, but faltered in the league tournament. The Purple Eagles want to change their fortunes this season. “We don’t want to downplay the regular season,” NU head coach Dave Burkholder said. “We haven’t played our best come playoff time lately and we obviously … Read more
2007-08 Wayne State Season Preview
This isn’t a rebuilding year or a transition year or even a year Wayne State is favored to win the College Hockey America championship. It is, however, the Warriors’ final year as the university announced in late September that financing the team is a losing effort and the team will fold effective the end of … Read more
2007-08 College Hockey America Season Preview
There are more questions than answers for College Hockey America as the conference’s ninth season is about to get under way. The majority of the questions center around Wayne State’s departure after this season and what that means for the future of the CHA. There don’t seem to be any answers — and if there … Read more
2007-08 Bemidji State Season Preview
It may be a trying season for Bemidji State, as the Beavers may struggle to score goals. If they had a weak defense coming back, that would be a recipe for catastrophe, but BSU has a stellar back end returning and three goalies who present a good problem for head coach Tom Serratore. Senior Matt … Read more
2007-08 Robert Morris Season Preview
As far as Robert Morris is concerned, last year is in the rear-view mirror and the focus is on the upcoming season. The Colonials lost the College Hockey America title game to Alabama-Huntsville after going into the contest as the favorite. “We’re not bringing that up,” said senior forward Ryan Cruthers. “We have 14 seniors … Read more
2007-08 Alabama-Huntsville Season Preview
Alabama-Huntsville had a Cinderella run last season in winning its first College Hockey America championship. But the new-look Chargers will be hard-pressed to retain their title this year and have a new head coach with a tall order ahead. Danton Cole takes over for Doug Ross, who retired at the end of last season. He … Read more
Wayne State Men’s Hockey To Fold After 2007-08
The Wayne State men’s hockey program will be no more after this season. Iona. Fairfield. Findlay. Now the Warriors have joined the ranks of lost Division I teams. Years of speculation about the program’s future have apparently turned to reality as the Warriors will play their ninth and last season in 2007-08. “From all the … Read more
This Week in the CHA: March 15, 2007
Alabama-Huntsville: CHA champion. It had to happen sooner or later. But the Chargers didn’t think they would have to wait until the eighth time would be the charm. Last Sunday in Des Moines, the Chargers completed a remarkable comeback from being down 4-0 to Robert Morris and won in overtime, 5-4. It was their third … Read more
Alabama-Huntsville Wins CHA Championship
Three times was the charm for Alabama-Huntsville Sunday afternoon as the Chargers won the CHA championship with a thrilling 5-4 overtime victory over Robert Morris. But the celebration was delayed a couple minutes after the officials reviewed David Nimmo’s shorthanded game-winner. After Aaron Clarke just missed the net on a RMU power play, the puck … Read more
Colonials Dethrone CHA Champs, 7-5
There will be no three-peat for Bemidji State this season. The Beavers, winners of the past two CHA tournaments, saw their NCAA tournament hopes dashed with a 7-5 loss Saturday to Robert Morris, which will face Alabama-Huntsville in Sunday’s tournament final with the first NCAA tournament bid at stake. “Every time Bemidji scored, we responded,” … Read more
UAH Charges Into CHA Finals
Yogi Berra wasn’t in Des Moines Saturday afternoon, but if he was, it’s a pretty safe bet he’d be saying “it’s déjà vu all over again.” Down 3-1 in the second period, Alabama-Huntsville erased the deficit, then took the lead on a goal with 10.2 seconds left in the period off the stick of Mike … Read more
Chargers Top WSU In OT, Advance to CHA Semis
Nothing was settled in regulation time between Wayne State and Alabama-Huntsville in their CHA quarterfinal Friday night. That was pretty much par for the course after the two teams split their regular-season series and only had a one-goal differential in those four games. Overtime was back and forth until Grant Selinger ended it at 8:39 … Read more
This Week in the CHA: March 8, 2007
It was Kevin Costner’s character Ray Kinsella who said in the 1989 blockbuster “Field Of Dreams” that the old-time baseball players were “guests in my corn.” This weekend, that could never be truer as all five CHA teams gather in Des Moines, Iowa, for the annual postseason tournament with an NCAA Tournament automatic bid on … Read more